Eduard Yak-3 – Cockpit and Main Assembly

Eduard’s Yak-3 may not compare to the detail and complexity of their more recent releases (the superb Hellcat kits come to mind), but for all its simplicity it’s still a competently detailed and engineered kit.

The first thing that strikes you about this kit is the extremely low parts count. The entire kit comes laid out on two sprues of a hard, shiny, somewhat thick-feeling plastic, and one clear sprue for the canopies and armored glass.

Overall, the detail level is solid. Some areas seem to have received more attention than others. There are a few major disappointments. The main landing gear struts, wheels, and lack of splitters in the intakes being the worst culprits. (more…)

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Checking in on the Dauntless

REPOSTED FROM DAMNED IF YOU DOOGSORIGINAL POST DATES FROM AUGUST 18, 2010.

So far the Accurate Miniatures Dauntless has proven a lot more…daunting…of a build than I anticipated. Not difficult, exactly, but somewhat overwhelming, and punctuated along the way with a lot of experimentation and learning.

It’s also made me realize, far more than the P-51B, how sloppy a modeler I used to be.

Now that I’m hovering around the halfway point, I figured I’d go ahead and dedicate a post to the trials and tribulations I’ve encountered to date. (more…)

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